(July 29, 2014 at 3:33 pm)Bibliofagus Wrote: 34-ish years seems (to me) to be an awfully short period - in those days - for any idea to proliferate in such a way that it would be threatening to the Romans in their capital.
Assuming we offer any credence to the story, and there's a lot there that doesn't add up, it might have been a small cult that could have easily been targeted.
Remember that dictators like to pick small minorities to scapegoat. The smaller the better. If Christianity had a tiny following in Rome and the religion could be tied back to the rebellious Jews that had been so troublesome for Rome, they'd make the perfect targets.
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